'Hot felon' Jeremy Meeks has been deported from the UK, DailyMail.com has exclusively learned – less than eight hours after he arrived at London's Heathrow Airport.

Meeks, 32, of Stockton, California, was set to spend this week in the British capital where he had been due to shoot a series of magazine covers, according to his manager Jim Jordan.

But on arriving in London on Monday, Meeks was detained by UK border officials and banned from entering the country, despite claiming to have the correct paperwork and a letter from his parole officer.

Photos exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com show a dejected Meeks sitting in a Border Force holding area shortly before being bundled onto a US-bound plane.

Photos exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com show a dejected Jeremy Meeks sitting in a Border Force holding area shortly before being bundled onto a US-bound plane. The 'hot felon' was deported just eight hours after landing in London

Meeks, 32, of Stockton, California, was set to spend this week in the British capital where he had been due to shoot a series of magazine covers, according to his manager Jim Jordan

He was flown back to the US, and landed in New York on Monday night.

Meeks' wife and manager Jim Jordan, who were traveling with him, holed up in a hotel in London.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Jordan said: 'We went into the UK and we went through immigration and they detained Jeremy.

'He wasn't arrested but they deported him out of the country. They wouldn't let him come into the country. He is really upset. He was police-escorted onto the plane.'

UK VISA GUIDELINES

Home Office rules state that all passengers trying to enter the UK must meet standard entry requirements.

Paragraph 320(2) of the Immigration Rules (HC395) says border agents are required to deny passengers entry if they are:

(a) currently subject to a deportation order; or

(b) have been convicted of an offence for which they have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 4 years; or

(c) has been convicted of an offence for which they have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months but less than 4 years, unless a period of 10 years has passed since the end of the sentence; or

(d) has been convicted of an offence for which they have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of less than 12 months, unless a period of 5 years has passed since the end of the sentence.

Meeks was sentenced to two years in prison in 2015 for gun possession, so would fall under section (c) of the above rules.

His previous sentences for grand theft of a person in 2002, theft in 2005, and forgery in 2007 would all have been 'spent' under these rules

A video shot by Meeks at the airport, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, shows the felon being escorted onto the flight accompanied by officials.

It shows Meeks pointing to his 'escort', and saying: 'I'm sick of this s***. I've been denied. London don't want me here having served my time. S*** is crazy.'

Meeks shot to fame in 2014 when the Stockton Police Department posted his mugshot on their website, following his arrest for street terrorism [gang activity] and a misdemeanor charge of resisting/obstructing justice.

Since being released from jail in March 2016, Meeks has embarked on a career as a model and appeared on the catwalk at Phillip Plein during New York Fashion Week in February.

Meeks has also completed his first cover shoot – for British magazine Man About Town, with the issue featuring the felon due to launch this Thursday.

Jordan, who was with Meeks and his wife Melissa when they were stopped, said the trio had been flown to London to attend the launch party.

According to LA-based model agent, he and Meeks had approached the same immigration official but while his passport was stamped, his charge was ordered to one side.

Over the next eight hours, Meeks was interviewed, fingerprinted and searched before being told he could not enter the UK and escorted onto a New York bound American Airlines flight.

Jordan, who founded White Cross Talent Management, says Meeks had the correct paperwork, had obtained a work visa for the trip and was carrying a letter supplied by his parole officer.

Meeks shot to fame in 2014 when the Stockton Police Department posted his mugshot on their website, following his arrest for street terrorism [gang activity] and a misdemeanor charge of resisting/obstructing justice

Since being released from jail in March 2016, Meeks has embarked on a career as a model and appeared on the catwalk at Phillip Plein during New York Fashion Week in February. He is seen here rehearsing for a runway show at New York Fashion Week in February

Jordan said: 'We flew to London from Los Angeles this morning. We got there, and Jeremy and I walked up to the customs office together.

'They stamped my passport. They looked at Jeremy's passport and they said, could you guys go sit over there. So they put us in this sectioned off section and we were sitting there for an over an hour.

'Then they came to me and asked if I could go through customs without Jeremy.'

According to Jordan, he and Meeks' wife Melissa spent the next five hours in an airport restaurant waiting for the felon but were eventually told that he was being deported.

Jordan said: 'I started getting calls from Jeremy, saying hey, they're putting me in this room and there's another guy in here and the guy has been here for about eight hours.

Meeks was supposed to be traveling with his wife Melissa (left) and his agent, who are still holed up in a hotel in London (pictured enjoying Christmas with family in 2016)

Meeks married Melissa back in 2004 between stints in prison, and has praised her since his release. He captioned this shot of the pair 'through thick and thin'

Meeks has one son with Melissa, Jeremy Meeks Jr (left). The other boy, Robert, is Melissa's son from a previous relationship

'He said they were interviewing me, they're going to do a search and they're doing all these things.'

Jordan says he did not hear again from Meeks until 10.30pm EST when he landed in New York. The 33-year-old is now hoping to catch a flight to Los Angeles.

He told DailyMail.com: 'Jeremy said customs officers [border officials] did a four-hour interrogation, they took a s*** ton of pictures of him.

'They strip-searched him, they fingerprinted him. They locked him in a small room for hours. They took his passport from him, they didn't give him his passport back.

'They basically said, you cannot come into the UK with no explanation. Jeremy is really sad, he's just really sad.'

Jordan says he will visit the US Embassy in London to seek assistance and will also make sure Meeks' wife can continue her trip to the UK.

He added: '[This was] the very first thing that Jeremy has done. It was his first time in London and he was all excited. It was his big debut.

'He was on the right track for what we feel was going to be his new life. Now he's very sad. Hopefully this is just a setback and he will be able to come back from this.'

Meeks is seen left at this year's New York Fashion Week and right during a court appearance in Stockton, California, in June 2014

Since emerging from prison in 2015 Meeks' life has been transformed. Here he poses with a $125,000 Maserati in front of his new mansion

Jeremy Meeks: The fall and rise

February 7, 1984: Born Jeremy Ray Meeks in Stockton, California

1984 - 2001: Raised in a poor household, Meeks was exposed to crime from an early age, joining the Northern Crips gang

2002: He served his first prison sentence of two years for grand theft of a person, a lesser form of robbery, ABC reports

2004: He married a local nurse named Melissa with whom he has a son. Melissa has another son from a previous marriage

2005 - 2007: Meeks is listed as a defendant in Washington courts in at least five cases between these dates. In 2005 he was jailed for theft, in 2007 he was jailed again for forgery. He served less than 75 days for each offense

Meeks is pictured with his brother in this undated snap from before his 'hot felon' fame

June 2014: As part of a crackdown on gangs in Stockton, Meeks is arrested and charged with felony weapons possession

June 19, 2014: The day that would change Meeks' life forever. Stockton Police post his 'hot' mugshot on their Facebook page, where it has since attracted more than 100,000 likes and tens of thousands of shares. This brought him to the attention of multiple modelling agencies

February 2015: Meeks is sentenced to two years in jail for weapons violations

March 8, 2016: Despite being described as 'one of the most violent criminals in the area' by Stockton Police, Meeks is released early from prison

March 10, 2016: Meeks signs on with model agency White Cross Management for an undisclosed sum. It was previously reported he would sign with Blaze Modelz for $30,000, but this proved to be unfounded

June 13, 2016: His first modelling shot is released, in which he wears a Golden State Warriors hat

Feb 15, 2017: At New York Fashion Week, Meeks makes his catwalk debut for Philipp Plein. He is watched by Madonna, Kylie Jenner and Paris Hilton

April 18, 2017: Meeks completes his first cover shoot for British magazine Man About Town, which previously featured the likes of Brooklyn Beckham. He was due to attend the launch party in London when he was deported